Mithila Panchang 1983
The Mithila Panchang festival list of the Maithil region. Festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
May 1983
La. Sam. 864
Jyeshtha – Vaishakha – Ashadha
Timings shown for New Delhi (IST) at sunrise - use the city box at the top to change it. Solar months begin by each tradition's own Sankranti rule (same-day, next-day, sunset or aparahna). Era years and lunar month names follow standard Vedic calculations and may differ slightly from regional almanacs around an Adhik Maas.
Mithila Panchang 1983 - festivals and vrats through the year
The Mithila Panchang lists 28 dates in 1983, opening with Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) on 14 January and closing with Vivah Panchami on 9 December. Of these, 2 are vrats (fasting observances). November is the fullest month with 6 dates. The year runs through La. Sam. 863 – 864. 1983 carries an Adhik Maas (Phalguna (Adhik)), the extra lunar month that pushes several festivals later than usual.
January 1983 Magha – Phalguna
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jan | Fri |
Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) The Sun's entry into Makara, kept with til and chuda-dahi. |
Krishna Amavasya |
| 19 Jan | Wed |
Saraswati Puja (Vasant Panchami)
The worship of Goddess Saraswati on Magha Shukla Panchami. |
Shukla Panchami |
February 1983 Phalguna – Phalguna (Adhik)
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Feb | Fri |
Maha Shivaratri
The great night of Lord Shiva. |
Krishna Chaturdashi |
March 1983 Phalguna (Adhik) – Chaitra – Vaishakha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Mar | Tue |
Holi (Phagua) The festival of colours, the day after the Phalguna full moon. |
Krishna Pratipada |
April 1983 Vaishakha – Chaitra – Jyeshtha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr | Thu |
Jur Sital (Maithili New Year) The Maithili new year (Mesha Sankranti / Satuani), when elders sprinkle cooling water as blessings. |
Shukla Pratipada |
| 21 Apr | Thu |
Ram Navami The birth of Lord Rama on Chaitra Shukla Navami. |
Shukla Navami |
May 1983 Jyeshtha – Vaishakha – Ashadha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May | Sun |
Akshaya Tritiya An auspicious day for new beginnings on Vaishakha Shukla Tritiya. |
Shukla Tritiya |
| 20 May | Fri |
Janaki Navami (Sita Navami) The appearance of Goddess Sita on Vaishakha Shukla Navami. |
Shukla Ashtami |
June 1983 Ashadha – Jyeshtha – Shravana
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jun | Wed |
Mithun Sankranti
The Sun's entry into Mithuna. |
Shukla Panchami |
| 20 Jun | Mon |
Ganga Dussehra The descent of the Ganga, on Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami. |
Shukla Dashami |
July 1983 Shravana – Ashadha – Bhadrapada
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jul | Sun |
Guru Purnima The full moon of Ashadha honouring teachers and sage Veda Vyasa. |
Shukla Purnima |
August 1983 Bhadrapada – Shravana – Ashwina
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Aug | Sat |
Nag Panchami Serpent deities are worshipped on Shravana Shukla Panchami. |
Shukla Panchami |
| 23 Aug | Tue |
Raksha Bandhan Shravana Purnima — sisters tie the rakhi on their brothers' wrists. |
Shukla Purnima |
| 31 Aug | Wed |
Krishna Janmashtami
The midnight birth of Lord Krishna. |
Krishna Ashtami |
September 1983 Ashwina – Bhadrapada – Kartika
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep | Fri | Haritalika Teej Vrat | Shukla Tritiya |
| 10 Sep | Sat |
Chaurchan (Chaturchandra) Mithila worships the moon and Ganesha on Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi, taking the moon's sight as a blessing. |
Shukla Chaturthi |
| 21 Sep | Wed | Anant Chaturdashi Vrat | Shukla Chaturdashi |
| 23 Sep | Fri |
Pitru Paksha (Shradh) The fortnight of offerings to the ancestors. |
Krishna Pratipada |
October 1983 Kartika – Ashwina – Margashirsha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct | Thu |
Mahalaya The new moon closing Pitru Paksha and ushering in Durga Puja. |
Krishna Amavasya |
| 13 Oct | Thu |
Durga Puja (Dashain)
The great autumn worship of Goddess Durga. |
Shukla Saptami |
| 21 Oct | Fri |
Kojagara (Lakshmi Puja)
The Kojagari full moon worship of Goddess Lakshmi, special to newlyweds in Mithila. |
Shukla Purnima |
November 1983 Margashirsha – Kartika – Pausha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Nov | Wed |
Dhanteras The worship of Dhanvantari and the buying of metal on Kartika Krishna Trayodashi. |
Krishna Dwadashi |
| 4 Nov | Fri |
Diwali (Sukhraatri) The festival of lights and worship of Goddess Lakshmi, kept in Mithila as Sukhraatri. |
Krishna Amavasya |
| 6 Nov | Sun |
Bhardutiya (Bhai Dooj)
Sisters honour their brothers two days after Diwali. |
Shukla Dwitiya |
| 10 Nov | Thu |
Chhath Puja
A four-day vrat thanking the Sun God (Surya) and Chhathi Maiya, with offerings at the river. |
Shukla Shashthi |
| 13 Nov | Sun |
Gopashtami The worship of cows and Krishna the cowherd on Kartika Shukla Ashtami. |
Shukla Ashtami |
| 20 Nov | Sun |
Sama Chakeva A Maithili folk festival of the bond between brother and sister, culminating on the Kartik full moon. |
Shukla Purnima |
December 1983 Pausha – Margashirsha – Magha
| Date | Day | Festival / Vrat | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Dec | Fri |
Vivah Panchami The wedding anniversary of Lord Rama and Goddess Sita on Margashirsha Shukla Panchami, celebrated grandly in Janakpur and Ayodhya. |
Shukla Panchami |
Months of the Mithila Panchang in 1983
The Mithila Panchang does not begin its year on 1 January, so each of its months straddles two Gregorian ones. These are the months that ran through 1983, covering La. Sam. 863 – 864. A month marked part is one the Gregorian year cuts short at its own start or end.
| Month | Begins | Ends | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magha part | 1 Jan 1983 | 28 Jan 1983 | 28 |
| Phalguna | 29 Jan 1983 | 12 Feb 1983 | 15 |
| Phalguna (Adhik) | 13 Feb 1983 | 14 Mar 1983 | 30 |
| Chaitra | 15 Mar 1983 | 28 Mar 1983 | 14 |
| Vaishakha | 29 Mar 1983 | 13 Apr 1983 | 16 |
| Chaitra | 14 Apr 1983 | 14 Apr 1983 | 1 |
| Vaishakha | 15 Apr 1983 | 27 Apr 1983 | 13 |
| Jyeshtha | 28 Apr 1983 | 12 May 1983 | 15 |
| Vaishakha | 13 May 1983 | 15 May 1983 | 3 |
| Jyeshtha | 16 May 1983 | 26 May 1983 | 11 |
| Ashadha | 27 May 1983 | 11 Jun 1983 | 16 |
| Jyeshtha | 12 Jun 1983 | 15 Jun 1983 | 4 |
| Ashadha | 16 Jun 1983 | 25 Jun 1983 | 10 |
| Shravana | 26 Jun 1983 | 10 Jul 1983 | 15 |
| Ashadha | 11 Jul 1983 | 16 Jul 1983 | 6 |
| Shravana | 17 Jul 1983 | 24 Jul 1983 | 8 |
| Bhadrapada | 25 Jul 1983 | 8 Aug 1983 | 15 |
| Shravana | 9 Aug 1983 | 17 Aug 1983 | 9 |
| Bhadrapada | 18 Aug 1983 | 23 Aug 1983 | 6 |
| Ashwina | 24 Aug 1983 | 7 Sep 1983 | 15 |
| Bhadrapada | 8 Sep 1983 | 17 Sep 1983 | 10 |
| Ashwina | 18 Sep 1983 | 22 Sep 1983 | 5 |
| Kartika | 23 Sep 1983 | 6 Oct 1983 | 14 |
| Ashwina | 7 Oct 1983 | 17 Oct 1983 | 11 |
| Kartika | 18 Oct 1983 | 21 Oct 1983 | 4 |
| Margashirsha | 22 Oct 1983 | 4 Nov 1983 | 14 |
| Kartika | 5 Nov 1983 | 16 Nov 1983 | 12 |
| Margashirsha | 17 Nov 1983 | 20 Nov 1983 | 4 |
| Pausha | 21 Nov 1983 | 4 Dec 1983 | 14 |
| Margashirsha | 5 Dec 1983 | 16 Dec 1983 | 12 |
| Pausha | 17 Dec 1983 | 20 Dec 1983 | 4 |
| Magha part | 21 Dec 1983 | 31 Dec 1983 | 11 |
What happened in the sky in 1983
Beyond the dates the Mithila Panchang lists, 1983 brought 4 eclipses - 2 solar and 2 lunar - of which 2 were above the horizon somewhere in India. The year also carried an Adhik Maas, the extra lunar month of Phalguna, running from 13 February 1983 to 14 March 1983. Saraswati Puja (Vasant Panchami) fell on 19 January, 10 days earlier in the year than in 1982 - a lunar year runs about eleven days short of a solar one.
Eclipses of 1983
| Date (IST) | Eclipse | Mithila date | Seen from India |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jun 10:12 AM | Total solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) | Ashadha Amavasya | Yes - Sutak observed |
| 25 Jun 1:52 PM | Partial lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) | Ashadha Purnima | Not visible |
| 4 Dec 6:00 PM | Annular solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) | Pausha Amavasya | Not visible |
| 20 Dec 7:19 AM | Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) | Pausha Purnima | Penumbral only |
Sutak Kaal was observed for 1 of these. A penumbral (Upachhaya) eclipse is not counted as a grahan.
Guru and Shani in 1983
| Date | Graha | Sign change |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Dec 3:10 AM | Guru (Jupiter) | Vrishchika → Dhanu |
Jupiter takes about a year to cross a sign, Saturn about two and a half. Rahu entered Vrishabha on 13 July 1983, carrying the eclipse axis with it.
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Frequently asked questions about the Mithila Panchang 1983
How many festivals and vrats does the Mithila Panchang list in 1983?
The Mithila Panchang lists 28 dates in 1983, of which 2 are vrats. The first is Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) on Friday, 14 January 1983, and the last is Vivah Panchami on Friday, 9 December 1983.
What are the main festival dates in the Mithila Panchang for 1983?
The first major observances of 1983 are:
- Makar Sankranti (Tila Sankranti) - Friday, 14 January 1983
- Saraswati Puja (Vasant Panchami) - Wednesday, 19 January 1983
- Maha Shivaratri - Friday, 11 February 1983
- Holi (Phagua) - Tuesday, 29 March 1983
- Jur Sital (Maithili New Year) - Thursday, 14 April 1983
- Ram Navami - Thursday, 21 April 1983
Which month of 1983 has the most observances in the Mithila Panchang?
November 1983 is the fullest month with 6 dates, including Dhanteras, Diwali (Sukhraatri), Bhardutiya (Bhai Dooj), Chhath Puja, Gopashtami, Sama Chakeva.
Which traditional year does 1983 correspond to in the Mithila Panchang?
The Gregorian year 1983 spans La. Sam. 863 – 864. The traditional year does not begin on 1 January, so one Gregorian year usually covers the end of one era year and the start of the next.
Did 1983 have an Adhik Maas?
Yes. 1983 carried an Adhik Maas (Phalguna (Adhik)), the extra lunar month inserted roughly every third year to keep the lunar calendar in step with the solar one. Festivals falling after it shift later in the Gregorian year, which is why 1983 dates can look out of place beside a neighbouring year.
Were there any eclipses in 1983?
1983 had 4 eclipses:
- 11 June 1983 - Total solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), visible in India, so Sutak Kaal was observed
- 25 June 1983 - Partial lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), not visible from India
- 4 December 1983 - Annular solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), not visible from India
- 20 December 1983 - Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), penumbral only, so no Sutak was observed
Sutak Kaal is observed only for an eclipse actually visible where you are, so 1 of these was kept in India.
Did Guru or Shani change sign in 1983?
Yes - 1 sign change among the slow grahas in 1983:
- Guru (Jupiter) entered Dhanu on 22 December 1983
Jupiter takes about a year to cross one sign and Saturn about two and a half, so these transits colour the whole year rather than a single week.
How do I see the tithi and nakshatra for a specific date in 1983?
Use the month grid above: pick a month from the selector, then tap any day to open its full panchang - tithi with start and end times, nakshatra, yoga, karana, sunrise and sunset, and the inauspicious periods (Rahu Kalam, Yamaganda, Gulika Kalam). Set your city in the box at the top first, because these timings are sunrise-based and shift with location. The Mithila Panchang opens on the current month.
About the Mithila Panchang
The Mithila Panchang festival list of the Maithil region. Festivals and vrats month by month, with the date and tithi timing of each observance.
Each day lists its tithi and paksha, the nakshatra, the weekday (vaar) and any festivals or vrats. Tap any day to see the full panchang for that date - tithi start and end times, nakshatra, yoga, karana, sunrise and sunset, and the inauspicious periods (Rahu Kalam, Yamaganda, Gulika Kalam). Use the month and year selectors to browse any year in the archive or plan ahead into the coming years.
This calendar names the tithi and festivals for each day. For sunrise, Rahu Kalam and muhurat windows on a chosen date, open the Panchang. Other regional calendars are on the Calendars index. Fast stories live under Vrat Katha.
